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Marinaro, who lifts weights before each game to "get my blood going," needs all the muscle he can muster. Running behind the lightest offensive line (average weight: 209 Ibs.) in the league, he is the constant target of blitzing linebackers and stacked nine-man defenses. "Ed is a marked man." says Musick. "He gets more late hits and piling-ons than anyone I've ever seen." It may be true that some Ivy League defensemen couldn't raise a welt on a waterboy, but the pro scouts are flocking to Cornell games, and Marinaro is virtually certain...
...voting members to pass the General Assembly. Though almost everyone agreed that Peking should be offered a seat this year, many delegations?or so the U.S. reckoned?would be extremely reluctant to put the Nationalists over the side at the same time. The question was: Could the U.S. muster the simple majority of votes necessary to pass the important-question resolution in the first place...
...Lace your own water with lithium! I live in Chicago, and I need every bit of energy and alertness that I can muster to direct in constructive and positive endeavors and to recognize and protest any such mindless suggestions as yours...
...General Assembly. The other resolution, the key element in the U.S. strategy, requires that any proposal concerning the expulsion of a member be treated as an "important question" necessitating passage by a two-thirds majority. That would make it nigh impossible for Taipei's enemies to muster enough votes to expel the regime...
...muster the simple majority needed to pass the "important question" resolution? By one count, at week's end the U.S. had 57 fairly secure votes. Supporters of the Albanian resolution, calling for the seating of Peking and the outright expulsion of Taiwan, had 61. There were 13 probable abstentions; if they hold firm, only 118 votes will be cast, making 60 enough for a majority. Thus the U.S. must win over three or four of about ten delegations that are thought to be "approachable" but currently inclined to abstain or vote for the Albanians. Among the possible swingers: Turkey...